Isn’t this kind of mindset everywhere tho? It kinda ties into that hierarchy of needs thing. secure basic and social needs first (education, jobs, family) before even thinking about self-actualization. And in a way, maybe society needs this cycle to function🤷🏾♂️
The Zambian dream is a script our colonisers handed to us and we accepted it as freedom.We’re raised to study,graduate,chase job titles, work ourselves to exhaustion,pay bills, get married, and die.The saddest part is,we’ve mistaken struggle for purpose and busyness for progress